The people there have nowhere to go. Palestinians are calling for a day of action, leaving cities around the globe on heightened alert. Were live in washington with a look at how the u. S. And World Leaders are responding. A stanford instructor suspended, accused of targeting specific students based on their identity in relation to the war in the middle east. The unusual claim rocking campus and the new action being taken by the school. And brace for a full weekend closure coming to highway 101 on the peninsula. What you need to know to plan ahead. This is today in the bay. Good friday morning to you. 5 00 right now. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im Ginger Conejero saab. Marcus washington is off this in will get a peek into the morning commute in just a moment, but lets start with how things are looking on this friday morning. Our meteorologist, vianey arana is back for day two. Weve got weekend plans heading into saturday and sunday, an approaching cold front.
Ground assault. We have complete coverage. Good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im Ginger Conejero saab. Marcus and laura have the afternoon off. We begin with breaking news. Israeli forces have ordered over 1 million palestinians in northern gaza to evacuate and move south. Youre taking a look at a live shot of gaza, where it is very dark, it is 9 00 p. M. , and people have about three hours to leave the area. That warning to evacuate came in the form of leaflets dropped from the sky. The confirmed number of deaths on both sides is now over 3,100. Weve seen video showing people in gaza city frantically packing their belongings and piling, as you can see, into any vehicle that will get them out. While an Israeli Ground offensive has not yet been announced, the order may signal that one is now imminent. Nbcs raf sanchez is there with more. Reporter israels military today issuing an unprecedented Evacuation Order to palestinian civilian, telling thome get out
The 11th annual roosevelt reading festival. For those of you who have not been in this room before, let me go over a few rules. The first is would everyone please take out their Electronic Devices and turn them off so that our presentation isnt interrupted today. The next is if you havent had a chance to see our new permanent exhibits that opened just last year, come and find one of the Library Staff members, and well be amendment happy to give you a button before the end of the day. The exhibits close at 6 00, so you have plenty of time to see them after the last presentation. And finally, our friends from cspan are here filming as they often do, and we appreciate them being here and showing support for our program. Because cspan is filming this session, at the question and answer period at the end of the session we would that you, please, come to the microphone and ask your question from the mic so they can be sure ask and capture the sound. So let me kind of go over the order of the